King George Street bombing: what Wikipedia removed
A 2002 suicide bombing outside a clothing and toy store on King George Street in Jerusalem killed three Israeli civilians and injured 86. Through October 2023 the opening said the Palestinian militant organization al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades claimed responsibility for the attack. Today that sentence is gone from the article entirely, and the opening no longer names any group. A reader arriving now learns three people were killed and 86 injured, not which organization claimed the bombing.
The word “militant” appeared 1 times in this article’s opening at its peak, in 2015. Today it appears nowhere in the article at all, references included. Checked against the full current article on 2026-08-01.
The tracked words, snapshot by snapshot
Section titled “The tracked words, snapshot by snapshot”| word | 2015 | 2020 | 6 October 2023 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| militant | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| martyr | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Counts are of the opening paragraph only, the part most readers, search engines and AI training sets ever quote.
What was taken out
Section titled “What was taken out”- The opening sentence was reworded from naming it ‘King George Street bombing’ to describing ‘a suicide bombing,’ dropping the event’s own name from its first line.
- The sentence naming al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades as the group that claimed responsibility is gone from the opening.
How it opened then, and now
Section titled “How it opened then, and now”2015 (revision 659256106):
The King George Street bombing was a suicide bombing which occurred on March 21, 2002 outside a clothing store and toy shop on King George Street in Jerusalem . Three Israeli civilians were killed in the attack. The Palestinian militant organization al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades claimed responsibility for the attack. ^ Bomb rips through Jerusalem shopping centre | World news | guardian.co.uk
2025 (revision 1284131525):
2002 street bombing in Jerusalem King George street A suicide bombing occurred on March 21, 2002, outside a clothing store and toy shop on King George Street in Jerusalem . Three Israeli civilians were killed in the attack and 86 people were injured (several seriously). ^ “Bomb rips through Jerusalem shopping centre” . The Guardian . March 21, 2002. Archived from the original on August 26, 2013.
Related
Section titled “Related”- The drift report: what changed across all 61,944 watched articles
- The case file for this article, with every snapshot and every marked removal
- Who made the cuts: removals grouped by the account that made them
- The live article on Wikipedia
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